what i liked about candidate obama was cool, calm, collected as opposed to john mccain who wasn't. he seemed to understand the basic issues about the economy and then all of a sudden he gets in office and does something really absurd. he pushes my view, the real mistake for this guy. this is where he fails. gets an f. he's staring in the teeth of very high unemployment. obviously stimulus plan, at least didn't work as well as he thought it would be and what does he do? he does health care. >> steve: that's right. >> that's a drag on the economy, even his supporters, larry fink who runs black rock, supported barak obama, he will tell you that's problem. >> steve: that's one the reasons obamacare is still unpopular. let's look at this president by the numbers. when the president took office back in 2008, gallon of gas was 1.85. screen right, it now averages 3.85. >> some of that's not totally his fault. interest rates have an issue here. believe it or not, 'cause oil is traded in the commodities market, yet where is the drilling? that can help. >> steve: look what's happened with nat